NYT on out-of-state college student participation in caucuses

NYT on out-of-state college student participation in caucuses January 3, 2008

Posted by John in IowaCaucuses, Political.
Tags: 2008 election, barack obama, Grinnell College, higher education, hillary clinton, hillary rodham clinton, iowa caucuses, University of Iowa
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Iowa Is Uncertain as Out-of-State Students Return:

Iowans have been increasingly annoyed at the prospect of out-of-staters, including campaign aides, joining the caucuses, particularly since Mr. Obama has been urging them to come back to Iowa.

“Don’t let somebody tell you that you are not part of this process, because your future is at stake,” Mr. Obama said in a visit to Grinnell in December. He told students at the University of Iowa, “if you’re going to be out of state, I want you to come back and caucus.”

Most of the other Democratic candidates have objected to one degree or another about allowing students from out of state to vote.

“This is a process for Iowans,” Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York said last month. “This needs to be all about Iowa, and people who live here, people who pay taxes here.” …